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Indigenous Leadership in the Emerging Green Economy:
Mining, Silicon Valley, and Global Environmental Justice
Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 9am-12pm PT
Mining, Silicon Valley, and Global Environmental Justice
Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 9am-12pm PT
Event Goals:
- Create a learning community where speakers can share their work, best practices, and on-the-ground experiences
- Connect Indigenous leaders facing similar challenges
- Spark public dialogue on broader global mining justice questions, including:
- How do we understand sustainability in relation to clean energy innovation and just transitions?
- What are the experiences of and responses of Indigenous peoples to global mining impacts?
- How do we operationalize principles of free prior and informed consent from an Indigenous human rights perspective?
- How can clean energy innovation drive inequity through global supply chains, and how can we begin to respond to this?
- How might we collaborate to address this challenge, in solidarity with Indigenous leaders?
Global efforts to advance clean energy and a green economy require conversations about justice, fairness and equity. For this half-day symposium, Indigenous leaders from around the world are joining together to discuss their efforts to advance environmental justice and Indigenous rights. With global supply chains, Silicon Valley clean energy and battery storage initiatives are driving increased demand for mineral production, and are a key part of new conversations about responsible sourcing aligned with environmental justice and human rights.
Indigenous leaders will present on their responses to:
- Nickel mining in the Russian Arctic, Norilsk Nickel (Aborigen Forum);
- Lithium extraction in South America, Chile/Argentina border (communities of the Salar de Atacama and Cuenca de Salinas Grandes y Laguna de Guayatayoc);
- Proposed gravel mining in the South Bay – California, US (Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Protect Juristac Campaign); and
- Meaningful Engagement, such as implementing Indigenous human rights principles of Free Prior and Informed Consent (Cultural Survival and First Peoples Worldwide).
Presenters include:
- Pavel Sulyandziga (Udege), Batani Fund, Aborigen Forum Coalition
- Jorge Alvarez (Coyo, Chile), Community of the Salar de Atacama
- Clemente Flores (Jujuy, Argentina), Cuenca de Salinas Grandes y Laguna de Guayatayoc
- Alexii Sigona (Amah Mutsun), Youth Committee of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Protect Juristac Campaign & Esak Ordonez (Amah Mutsun)
- Kate Finn (Member of Osage Nation), First Peoples Worldwide
- Galina Angarova (Buryat), Cultural Survival
EVENT RECORDINGS & RESOURCES:
Please click on your language of choice to watch the available recordings of the event:
English, Russian, Spanish
Please see below for additional links and resources related to the event.
Please click on your language of choice to watch the available recordings of the event:
English, Russian, Spanish
Please see below for additional links and resources related to the event.
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